How much revenue did Still Wakes the Deep make?

$3.1M–$8.4M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Still Wakes the Deep sell?

Q: How many copies did Still Wakes the Deep sell?

324k to 526k copies, based on its 13k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 324k–526k; $3.1M–$8.4M after Steam's cut $5.7M–$12.9M before the cut; from 13k reviews (Very Positive)

A labeled estimate from the public review count (adjusted for release year), not exact sales. Owner data cross-checked with SteamSpy.

Does this actually work?

We left Still Wakes the Deep out and predicted the genre from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Still Wakes the Deep's, is estimated from Steam reviews, not self-reported sales.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 1.3M–2.6M

best case 27.3M (Phasmophobia)

Games like Still Wakes the Deep

The middle of these games

≈ 1.3M–2.6M copies

≈ $10.2M–$22.4M after Steam's cut

from ~36k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019’s Steam releases earned about $34k gross, so plan for that or less.

All 8 of your similar games are hits.

Best case: Phasmophobia at ≈ 20.8M–33.8M copies, ≈ $114.4M–$307.5M after Steam's cut. A breakout hit, far above a typical game.

What it took to get here

About half the games that made it here had over 11k reviews in their first month; the spread ran 10k to 40k.

The genre you'd be entering

Your set: Your set clusters on Horror (7 of 8) and Psychological Horror (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Horror + Psychological Horror, priced around $20. The breakout hits carry Supernatural + VR + Online Co-Op; a typical game here doesn't.
The era: The games you compared span 2010 to 2023, and none of them shipped in the last two years.

How these numbers were worked out

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

Copies come from each game's reviews times a sales-per-review rate that falls with release age, from about 31 for the most recent game here to about 79 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
SOMA 2015	Est. copies ≈ 2.6M–4.2M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $21.2M–$57.0M after Steam's cut $38.5M–$87.7M before the cut	$29.99	53k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Horror Psychological Horror
Lobotomy Corporation \| Monster Management Simulation 2018	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $11.9M–$32.0M after Steam's cut $21.6M–$49.2M before the cut	$24.99	57k reviews Very Positive	ManagementDifficult
Demonologist 2023	Est. copies ≈ 600k–975k SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $3.3M–$8.9M after Steam's cut $6.0M–$13.6M before the cut	$19.99	24k reviews Very Positive	HorrorMultiplayer
DREDGE 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.4M–2.3M 1.6x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $9.7M–$26.0M after Steam's cut $17.6M–$40.1M before the cut	$24.99	57k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	ExplorationFishing
Amnesia: The Dark Descent 2010	Est. copies ≈ 2.3M–3.7M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $12.4M–$33.4M after Steam's cut $22.6M–$51.3M before the cut	$19.99	36k reviews Very Positive	HorrorGore
Phasmophobia 2020	Est. copies ≈ 20.8M–33.8M 23x vs typical SteamSpy 10M–20M	Est. revenue $114.4M–$307.5M after Steam's cut $207.9M–$473.1M before the cut	$19.99	839k reviews Very Positive	HorrorOnline Co-Op
Darkwood 2017	Est. copies ≈ 857k–1.4M SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.7M–$12.7M after Steam's cut $8.6M–$19.5M before the cut	$19.99	25k reviews Very Positive	Horror Survival Horror
Layers of Fear (2016) 2016	Est. copies ≈ 1.2M–1.9M SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $6.3M–$17.0M after Steam's cut $11.5M–$26.2M before the cut	$19.99	28k reviews Very Positive	Horror Psychological Horror